Will the price be halved immediately?, 50000 pounds of swimming crabs were snatched away! Hangcheng is crowded here: the whole family is waiting for this market | price | the whole family
On the evening of August 7th,
The Hangzhou seafood market has become lively,
Many vendors squatted early in the wholesale area of swimming crabs.
Around 23:00,
The first batch from the East China Sea
About 50000 pounds of swimming crabs have finally arrived,
I was snatched away before dawn!
How many foodies can't wait to try something new?
The reporter from Qianjiang Evening News also divided into two groups: Chao News and Qianjiang Evening News
I strolled around Hema stores and farmers' markets in Hangzhou,
And I tasted the first bite of this summer for everyone.
Selling 8 pairs for over 80 yuan/jin
Priced and expensive, citizens are busy trying new things
At around 9:30 am on August 7th, a reporter from the Qianjiang Evening News arrived at the Fengqi Agricultural Market in Zhejiang, located next to Fengqi Road. In front of the "Zhang Fei Aquatic Products" stall, there were many "Mrs. Ma" who came to taste their saliva.
The stall owner Zhang Fei told reporters that he arrived at Xinnongdu at 4am and bought a total of 300 pounds of goods. "I selected a batch with good quality and a survival rate of around 80%. For those with lower quality, the estimated survival rate is less than 50%."
The price varies depending on the size of the swimming crab. The larger ones weigh only five to six taels and are sold for 55 pounds; The smaller ones only weigh three to four taels and are sold for 45 yuan per kilogram. Compared to the 60 to 70 yuan per kilogram farmed crabs that the reporter saw a few days ago, today's swimming crabs are already much cheaper in price.
Zhang Fei told reporters that because it is the first batch of swimming crabs, the quantity is not large and the price is relatively high. "After a few days, the swimming crab will be released in large quantities, and the price will be cheaper."
A woman who sells swimming crabs at the Zhejiang Zhonghe Agricultural Market located on Chaohui Road told reporters that she rushed to Xinnongdu to stock up at 5am and is now selling fresh wild swimming crabs. The reporter inquired and found out that yesterday's swimming crab was selling for 78 yuan per kilogram.
"My swimming crabs are quite large, so they will be sold at a slightly higher price," said the landlady.
At a Dayu Aquatic Products Trading Company in Hangzhou Aquatic Products Market, the owner's wife lifted a swimming crab and threw it onto the scale, which weighed eight taels!
The landlady said that the price of this large and attractive product is currently high, and it can be sold for over 80 yuan per kilogram.
There will be a large number of listings in about a week
The price will also come down
Last year when I first started fishing in the sea, I sold 3 taels of swimming crabs for 60 yuan/jin. This year, the price has increased by 30%!
A vendor at a Zhongshan vegetable market in Linping suggests that the price of sea caught swimming crabs is still relatively expensive. If you are not in a hurry to eat, she suggests waiting longer. After the typhoon passes, swimming crabs will enter the peak season, and the price will be much cheaper. At that time, high-quality crabs only cost 40-50 yuan/jin. Consumers can achieve "freedom to eat crabs".
Mr. Wu, the owner of Xiaowu Aquatic Products Trading Company in Hangzhou Aquatic Products Market, suggests that if you are not in a hurry to eat, you can wait a little longer. In about a week, a large number of crabs will be launched in mid August, and the price will also drop. At that time, the best quality crabs will only be priced at 45-50 yuan/jin!
In addition to swimming crabs, common sea fish on Hangzhou people's dining tables are also fresh on the market, and the reporter also inquired about the prices.
At present, tofu fish costs 13-15 yuan/jin; Small pomfret costs around 20 yuan/jin; Small yellow croaker is more expensive, about 30-40 yuan/jin.
Hema Supermarket: 69.9 yuan to 79.9 yuan/jin
Someone bought 8 at once
On the morning of the 7th, the Hemamen store in Hangzhou also launched new wild swimming crabs that had just been caught and landed.
It is reported that the currently available sea caught swimming crabs weigh 100-150 grams per unit and have a fresh taste price of 69.9 yuan per kilogram; The size is slightly larger, ranging from 150 to 200 grams per kilogram, and the price is 79.9 yuan per kilogram. "The price of the newly launched swimming crab is relatively high, making it more suitable for a small amount of fresh tasting." Hema Purchasing stated that starting from mid to late August, there will be a significant increase in catch, and the price will decrease significantly.
It is understood that in the early stages of the release of swimming crabs, Hema sold all male crabs, and if you want to taste red paste female crabs, you have to wait until November.
How much do Hangzhou people love this bite of seafood? Yesterday morning, the swimming crab arrived at the store in less than 20 minutes, and there were already over ten online orders. Ms. Chen, who lives near the supermarket, bought 8 swimming crabs in one go for a total of over 200 yuan. Looking at the swimming crab in the shopping cart, Ms. Chen said, "The whole family loves this bite and has been waiting for it for a long time."
Ms. Chen bought 8 swimming crabs and put them in her shopping cart
At the scene, a Mrs. Ma saw the freshness of the swimming crab's teeth and claws, and immediately chose two. "It's delicious to steam it any way," she said
Steamed, Salt Baked, Inverted Steamed
There are so many ways to eat swimming crabs
For Hangzhou citizens, the most common cooking methods for swimming crabs are probably steamed, braised, or swimming crab stir fried rice cake. However, if you eat swimming crabs every day or use these methods for a month or two, I'm afraid everyone will get tired of them.
So, what are the ways to eat swimming crabs? What are the requirements? The reporter interviewed the chefs of two Hangzhou style dishes and asked them to introduce the special cooking method of swimming crab.
1. steamed swimming crab: this is the simplest and most common method is steamed: pull open the umbilical eye of the swimming crab and insert chopsticks to die. Add water to the pot, put the crab on a steaming rack, put the crab shell down, put scallion and ginger on it, and steam for seven or eight minutes. Just wait until the crab shell turns red. If you use a pressure cooker to steam, wait for two or three minutes after the pressure cooker emits gas, pull out the air cover.
Figure from Vision China
Steamed swimming crab with 2.: Cut the swimming crab into four pieces, meat down and feet up, and size it into a plate. Then add yellow rice wine, soy sauce, chicken oil, scallion and ginger into sauce and pour it into a plate. Soak the juice to half of the crab meat. Steam for 10-12 minutes, then stir in a raw egg immediately after cooking.
3. swimming crab cooking loofah: cut the swimming crab, dip it with raw powder, and fry it in a pan to ensure that the crab meat will not fall apart during the next cooking process. fry the swimming crab well for later use. Cut loofah into hob pieces. In another pot, add base oil, fry with scallion and ginger to produce fragrance, add fried swimming crab, add hot boiling water, cook for 4-5 minutes, when it is cooked, add towel gourd cut into hob pieces, add some salt, the taste will be especially delicious.
Steamed White Crab with 4. Chicken Oil and Huadiao Wine: Chop the pork belly into minced meat, add salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and pepper, beat evenly, then add the raw powder, and put the prepared minced meat on the bottom of the plate. The swimming crab is cut into six pieces and placed on the minced meat, with the meat facing down and the feet facing inward, forming a circle. The crab shell is placed in the middle, that is, on the crab feet, so the shape is more beautiful. Then add carved wine, soy sauce, chicken oil, scallion and ginger into juice and steam for seven or eight minutes. If there is a steamer, steam for five minutes.
5. swimming crab fried rice: cut the swimming crab into six pieces, beat the raw powder and fry half cooked to retain the moisture and flavor of the crab. In another pot, pour rice and stir-fry hot. When the rice is not dry, take the egg yolk of the egg and put it into the pot. Continue to stir-fry the rice. The rice will spread out naturally. Then add soy sauce, pepper and salt, then add crab and stir-fry together. After stir-frying, add scallion and stir-fry. Don't like onion flavor can choose celery powder, celery and seafood is a perfect match.
6. salt baked swimming crab: prepare swimming crab in advance and put the crab into the refrigerator freezer to prevent the live crab from moving. Take another casserole, pour in a kilo of salt, stir-fry the salt and spread it evenly, put in the frozen whole swimming crab, add a piece of Beijing onion or two slices of ginger, and then use two kilos of coarse salt on top. After compaction, cover it with the lid. First use a strong fire, then switch to a small fire and bake for about 15 minutes. When eating, knock the salt covered on top and remove the crab to eat.
7. appetizing mushroom crab: raw materials are swimming crab, small white mushroom, crab mushroom, pumpkin puree, wild pepper. The specific method is to chop the swimming crab first; add 60 grams of hot oil in the frying pan, stir-fry the swimming crab to produce a fragrance, add pumpkin puree, wild pepper, mushroom, spray a little cooking wine, and then add about 300 grams of water, seasoning and thickening.
8. egg yolk pumpkin swimming crab: raw materials are swimming crab, pumpkin, salted egg yolk mud. The specific method is to fry the pan with high fire, add olive oil, and the oil temperature is 200 degrees; cut the swimming crab into pieces, cut the pumpkin puree into pieces, roll the raw powder, fry in the pan until 9 minutes, and drain the oil until dry; 2 Keep a little oil in the frying pan, add salted egg yolk, stir until loose, spray cooking wine, add crab and pumpkin, cook slightly and stir well.
9. dried bamboo shoots and tomato swimming crab: raw materials are swimming crab, tomato and dried bamboo shoots. The specific method is to chop the swimming crab first, change the tomato into pieces, and cut the dried bamboo shoots into sections; the frying pan is full of heat, about 60 grams of hot oil, add the tomatoes and stir-fry the fragrance, add the swimming crab and dried bamboo shoots, spray the cooking wine, add salt and rice vinegar to taste, add 200 grams of clear water to collect the thick juice.
Summer eat male crab more fat
How to choose carefully
So, how should citizens choose to purchase swimming crabs? The Qianjiang Evening News reporter specifically consulted industry insiders.
"In summer, you should eat male crabs, which are stronger than female crabs. In autumn and winter, you should eat female crabs that are fatter than cream yellow crabs. Male crabs have pointed navels on their abdomen," said an industry expert.
When picking swimming crabs, you can weigh the weight with your hands. It feels like a crab with thick and heavy meat is a good crab. If caught swimming crabs are kept in the water for a long time, such as five or six days, the water content will be relatively high and the crab meat will be relatively empty. It is necessary to buy swimming crabs caught within two to three days.
"When selecting, you can gently pinch the small crab legs with your hands, which are the second and third crab legs from small to large. If the small crab legs are full, it is a good crab," experts say.
Additionally, you can check if there is a light red color on the belly button and the two pointed corners of the crab. The darker the color, the fatter the meat.
